Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

端: edge, origin

Also: end, point, border, verge, cape

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

立 carries the meaning · 耑 gives the sound

14 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 端子たんしterminal
  • 端的なたんてきなfrank
  • 先端せんたんpointed end
  • 発端ほったんthe beginning
  • 末端まったんtip, extremity
  • 途端にとたんにjust as, just when
  • 極端なきょくたんなextreme

はしhashi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 端はしedge
  • 両端りょうはしboth ends
  • 右端みぎはしright end

はha · kun'yomi

  • 端数はすうfraction

-ばた-bata · kun'yomi

  • 道端みちばたroadside

Also read はた, はな, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)立 (meaning) + 耑 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 端 (rev. 93472887), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand (立) + special/direct (耑). The very "edge" or "end" where something "stands" apart from the rest—the side of a table or the terminal of a line.”
From the 立 to stand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
立

Also built on to stand (立)

All 18
耑

Also built on 耑

端 takes the 耑 family's reading, タン (tan).

Also read タン

22 kanji share this on'yomiAll 22

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
端 edge · 立
vs瑞 congratulations · 王
端 has 立 where 瑞 has 王.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · duān

Same form: 端 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
端 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
端 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin duān most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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